Volume
34, Number 2
September 1997Abstracts

AN OVERVIEW
OF THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF ARIZONA (VAN ANDEL CREATION RESEARCH CENTER
REPORT NUMBER 1)

The recently
established Creation Research Society Van
Andel Creation Research Center (CRS/VACRC) located in Chino Valley,
Arizona provides an excellent working laboratory for Young-Earth Creationist
studies. An important component for many studies to be conducted from
this facility is a general knowledge of the geomorphology of the state
and region. Arizona can be divided into three general provinces: 1)
the Colorado Plateau Province, 2) Transition Zone or Central Mountain
Province, and 3) the Basin and Range Province. The CRS/VACRC lies within
the Transition Zone/Central Mountain Province, With a general knowledge
of the geomorphology of the state we can then better understand how
the Arizona terrain and topography are affected from a climatic, floral,
and faunal perspective. We can also initiate studies into how these
geomorphological provinces were originally formed and developed within
the constraints of the Young-Earth Flood Model.

CRSQ (34)
pp. 68-74

THE FLOOD
EVENT/ICE AGE STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY ON THE UNITED STATES SOUTHEASTERN
COASTAL PLAIN

CARL R.
FROEDE, JR.

With the introduction
of two creationist geological timescales, it is imperative that we begin
to consistently interpret the stratigraphic record within the constraints
of the Biblical narrative. Young-Earth geoscientists should develop
Biblically-based geologic concepts and conduct field work to substantiate
those interpretations. With this in mind, three sections within the
Southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States are examined in an effort
to define its strata within the construct of a creationist stratigraphic
column. A broad-based concept is suggested to differentiate which strata
reflect Floodwater deposition and which were formed during the single
post-Flood Ice Age. It is further suggested that the boundary separating
these sedimentary deposits (and their associated Timeframes) would be
found at the termination of marine deposits and the institution of terrigenous
(i.e., freshwater) deposition.

CRSQ (34)
pp. 75-82

PREDATORS
AND PARADISE, ONE MORE TIME

P. V.
VORPAHL

Without question,
God's intended diet for His perfect creation was vegetarian. A re-examination
of man's moral failure, God's foreknowledge, and the chronology of Earth's
sixth day may aid in understanding both the form and function of the
predatory animals in the less-than-perfect world in which we live. CRSQ
(34) pp. 84-85 MARK TWAIN AND ORIGINS DON B. DEYOUNG* Received 20 September
1996; Revised 14 December 1996 Abstract Mark Twain wrote many statements
on the topics of Biblical history, creation, and evolution. Some of
his well known quotations are here compiled and documented. Twain poked
fun at both creation and evolution with equal wit. Some of his critiques
from a century ago are quite contemporary. Unfortunately, at the close
of his life Twain displayed a strong hostility toward the Creator. CRSQ
(34) pp. 86-91 TAXONOMY OF PRIMATES CELEDONIO GARCêA-POZUELO-RAMOS Received
17 June 1996; Revised 10 February 1997 Abstract The membership criteria
for grouping organisms into baramins are not the same, or of the same
importance for all re-searchers. The hybridization criterion for existing
animals is the most common and explanatory, because it supposes the
integration of practically every criterion proposed by the different
authors. Taking the basic criterion of hybridization and getting support
from the other criteria, I propose a baraminology for the Primate order.

CRSQ (34)
pp. 93-102

MORE HUMAN-LIKE
TRACK IMPRESSIONS FOUND WITH THE TRACKS OF DINOSAURS IN THE KAYENTA
FORMATION OF ARIZONA: PART I: MAPPING, DESCRIPTION, AND COMPARISON TO
DINOSAUR TRACKWAYS

JEREMY
AULDANEY, PAUL O. ROSNAU, EDWIN BACK, AND NORMAN DAVIS

This is a two-part
presentation of research on the quasihuman ichnofossils (supposed human
tracks) found in strata with the tracks of dinosaurs near Tuba City,
Arizona. The material for study was collected on field trips made on
June 21-27 and October 15-18, 1990 and June 1-6, 1995. This project
is a continuation of previous research at Site 2. We give some corrections
concerning tracks at Site 1 (See Rosnau, Auldaney, Howe and Waisgerber,
1989a, b). Photographs, maps, descriptions, reevaluations and additional
discoveries at the two main ichnofossil areas at Site 2 (H6 and H7)
are presented for the first time. We compare contemporary human trackways
and dinosaur trackways to the quasi-human ichnofossils in the "Downhill
Trail." The results indicate the humanoid ichnofossil impressions
match modern human tracks and not dinosaurs for size, stride and shape.
In an appendix we present corrections concerning certain tracks. In
Part II we will present evidence from photomicrographic analysis. We
will compare modern human tracks to quasihuman ichnofossils and describe
additional newfound humanoid tracks at Site 2. We will present the authors'
updated conclusions and answer criticisms of our work.